appetitus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of appetō (“strive after, assail”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ap.peˈtiː.tus/, [ap.pɛˈtiː.tʊs]

Noun

appetītus m (genitive appetītūs); fourth declension

  1. an attack, assault
  2. passionate desire or longing
  3. the faculty of desire
  4. passion, appetite

Inflection

Fourth declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative appetītus appetītūs
Genitive appetītūs appetītuum
Dative appetītuī appetītibus
Accusative appetītum appetītūs
Ablative appetītū appetītibus
Vocative appetītus appetītūs

Descendants

Participle

appetītus m (feminine appetīta, neuter appetītum); first/second declension

  1. desired, coveted having been longed for.
  2. attacked, assaulted, having been assailed.

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative appetītus appetīta appetītum appetītī appetītae appetīta
Genitive appetītī appetītae appetītī appetītōrum appetītārum appetītōrum
Dative appetītō appetītae appetītō appetītīs appetītīs appetītīs
Accusative appetītum appetītam appetītum appetītōs appetītās appetīta
Ablative appetītō appetītā appetītō appetītīs appetītīs appetītīs
Vocative appetīte appetīta appetītum appetītī appetītae appetīta

References
  • appetitus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • appetitus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • appetitus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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